TORONTO — “A good dish on the right plate is like a beauty in a kimono,” legendary artist Kitaouji Rosanjin once said. Photo courtesy: Masaharu Takagi.
The history of pottery in Mino-province started about 1,300 years ago. The pottery such as dish plates and glasses have been used in daily...

A little panda named Xiang Xiang is creating a craze around pandas. Photos courtesy: Midori.
The viewing to see Xiang Xiang finally began on Dec. 19. Four hundred groups (each group with up to five people) per day could watch Xiang Xiang, and the tickets were given out by lottery. On the most...

Naoko Takenouchi's intimate art exhibition explores the instinctual process of creating art. Photo credit: Naoko Takenouchi.
Takenouchi is a celebrated Canadian glassblowing artist, who has received mid-career grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and has been commissioned to craft the Governor...

TOKYO — A recent survey in Japan found that 60 per cent of single women are not interested in romantic relationships because they are too busy and tired from work.
The survey, from Japanese dating website cocolini.jp, found that women are too exhausted from working to be interested in dating....

Gosei Kailer Yamamoto brings the heat to sub-zero hockey arena. Yamamoto represented Team USA at the International Ice Hockey Federation's first game in tournament history to be played on an outdoor rink, Dec. 29, 2017. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto.
Over 44,000 roaring fans filled the seats...

Last seeing each other 75 years ago, two Niseis look up to see each other across the table. Bill Kobayashi , JoAnne Maikawa and Donnie Shimotakahara, (Bill’s sister-in-law) at the special luncheon at Momiji Health Care Society. Photo credit: Judge Maryka Omatsu.
Along with 300 Niseis, I waited...

The snow falling in Hama-rikyu Gardens in Tokyo. Snowstorm brings delays to planes, trains and automobiles. Photo courtesy: TAK1701D/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS.
The storm brought cancellations to flights, delays to trains and buses as well as highway and road closures, as snow fell throughout the day. This...